SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-03-31T14:44:31-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsParizival on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Parizivalurn:uuid:ce96dc82-a0f7-ce39-d97e-17136ed726712015-03-11T12:44:26-06:00<p>Will this cable work for composite video?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004VPC2LA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1426099361&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=camcorder+vi&amp;dpPl=1&amp;dpID=4136rBKT4RL&amp;ref=plSrch&amp;pi=AC_SY200_QL40</p>ArduinoPerson1243 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+ArduinoPerson1243urn:uuid:69d48bd4-7868-cdba-7ada-c862ac80b22a2014-12-29T06:05:37-07:00<p>Most Arduinos are more expensive than this. And this is a full fledged computer.</p>Brad10 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Brad10urn:uuid:5efc62ff-3684-67c0-feab-ec1da7b40f9e2014-12-17T23:37:16-07:00<p>For those connecting a USB-to-Serial cable like CAB-12977 to the Raspberry Pi B+ (or any Pi) console, avoid the newbie mistake of misconnecting transmit and receive: the connections should be:
GPIO connector pin 6 to cable pin labeled GND;
pin 8 (TXD0) to cable pin labeled RXD;
pin 10 (RXD0) to cable pin labeled TXD.</p>
<p>That is, connect transmit to receive and receive to transmit (duh); not transmit to transmit and receive to receive..</p>
<p>Luckily, connecting transmit and receive backwards didn&rsquo;t blow anything up.</p>Customer #627626 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #627626urn:uuid:119d3484-de93-b56c-d85e-24b8bacd3f8d2014-12-10T13:33:09-07:00<ol type="a">
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<p>Is this latest version still freaking out when a wireless KBD/mouse receiver is plugged in?</p>
<p>The first ones I bought about 2 years ago wouldnt operate with a wireless KBD dongle plugged in.</p>Customer #627626 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #627626urn:uuid:3aaddf44-392c-2494-e171-fb86a09bd7982014-12-10T13:30:49-07:00<p>If it has to have external power to operate a USB device, then its faulty and not performing to USB specs. The original RPs had design flaws that compromised USB operation- thats why the hub was needed, the Pi was subject to horrible RF interference because the power supplies and USB circuits were improperly designed and circuit board layouts were faulty.</p>
<p>If its USB, it must operate any USB device, thats what Standards are all about.</p>Customer #517204 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #517204urn:uuid:198ad14a-a0a3-1926-ff5a-471ac7e7d3b92014-11-14T16:02:29-07:00<p>My computer does not have a microSDcard slot. So how do I download the files from my computer to the micro midoSDcard?</p>Customer #533598 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #533598urn:uuid:30d04921-65cf-65b9-0c13-5e70ac10086c2014-10-11T22:47:48-06:00<p>I messed up and tried imaging the SD card that spark fun sent me with my first raspberryPi. I have a MAC and I don&rsquo;t have a windows PC available at home. I found a great resource for mac users is a program called &ldquo;ApplePi Baker&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s easy to find online, and its great and easy to use for imaging your SD card with the OS for your RaspberryPi.</p>nrmv105 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+nrmv105urn:uuid:bd389ba6-ccfd-7678-7119-b3d390400fc12014-10-04T13:25:05-06:00<p>Is the &ldquo;Raspberry Pi Camera Module&rdquo; compatible with the Raspberry Pi B+ ?</p>M-Short on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+M-Shorturn:uuid:88e486f9-c49f-1330-fa03-e366d015e6022014-09-16T09:26:47-06:00<p>The microSD slot is on the bottom of the board.</p>Gube on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Gubeurn:uuid:6e41e960-e57d-f721-3f34-0a7814eec8202014-09-15T17:14:45-06:00<p>Where do you plug in the SD/Micro SD?</p>haiduc32 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+haiduc32urn:uuid:b82cb61a-50b7-8076-8456-19a61570cfea2014-08-14T10:48:41-06:00<p>well.. that&rsquo;s embarrassing.. but.. in the end it was my router that probably overheated or something, and after I restarted it raspberry pi ethernet worked perfectly. the weird thing, that my desktop when plugged the same cable worked.</p>
<p>in other news, got a wireless usb adapter Edimax EW-7811UN and worked out of the box with Raspbian and Raspbmc</p>Customer #60510 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #60510urn:uuid:b9fa68c5-49bc-5272-a319-e11acc1089e42014-08-13T00:52:52-06:00<p>The Beagle Bone Black has a faster clock, but The Raspberry Pi can be overclocked to 1GHz without voiding the warranty. The Raspberry Pi has a dual video core, and 512MB of RAM, which is the same amount as the Beagle Bone Black (although the Raspberry Pi has DDR2 RAM, while the Beagle Bone Black uses DDR3). So it all comes down to what you are going to be using it for. The Beagle Bone Black is more geared for hardware projects, and The Raspberry Pi for programming.</p>haiduc32 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+haiduc32urn:uuid:5c523feb-a69a-7fcf-6338-add3bb1a34932014-08-12T21:49:09-06:00<p>thanks, I will, although don&rsquo;t see what else can be done, have a pretty strong technical background myself.
I&rsquo;m going to buying a wifi dongle, &lsquo;cause that&rsquo;s what I was going to use in the end anyway, but installing it without any networking might be a PITA</p>CaseyD-SFE on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+CaseyD-SFEurn:uuid:e78be683-04ad-3821-4b0f-a281613d89042014-08-12T15:59:44-06:00<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I would suggest emailing our tech support team to have them look into the issue a bit more. They can help you out! Their email is: techsupport at sparkfun dot com.:)</p>RobertC. on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+RobertC.urn:uuid:d60e090c-0580-654f-3bad-d4575ac683162014-08-12T13:34:10-06:00<p>dang, really? that&rsquo;s a bummer.</p>haiduc32 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+haiduc32urn:uuid:a6148665-985f-1588-235a-6f017ca0a86f2014-08-12T12:28:15-06:00<p>[solved] ethernet port died on second day..</p>Michael@Oz on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Michael@Ozurn:uuid:0d182068-8ca0-7ab1-7101-0678ed73b8a92014-07-24T16:54:04-06:00<p>&ldquo;to turn it off simply remove power&rdquo; I think you should add &ldquo;after shutting down&rdquo;.</p>Customer #572896 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #572896urn:uuid:81cac814-0feb-a432-f709-8876c6ba7c4e2014-07-22T11:34:34-06:00<p>Try it.</p>Mayo2017 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Mayo2017urn:uuid:1ad86395-d577-665d-08ca-9735bdabce1f2014-07-22T04:53:16-06:00<p>YES, disabling I2C pullups outside of the Pi is a great idea, especially considering the possibility of an external device pulling SDA/SCL to 5v instead of 3.3v!</p>Customer #230150 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #230150urn:uuid:d20ad52e-f6c0-a710-c93e-93db0ca422f92014-07-18T19:20:12-06:00<p>Read the specs - 1.2A output for the four of them. You need a powered USB hub for a decent wifi dongle.</p>Customer #230150 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #230150urn:uuid:fdde2d7f-5b04-a9ab-f3b3-91cfed068ef22014-07-18T19:18:29-06:00<p>Ok, but you are confusing a distro with the board. The BBB is more compact,much more robust and substantially more powerful but, unfortunately, the extra USB ports on the PI are a MAJOR advantage for many uses. The BBB&rsquo;s single port is often a drawback for my projects where I want USB WIFI and a couple of USB&lt;->RS-232 ports. Lately, I&rsquo;ve resorted to not using dongles at all and have started using cheap/small client adapters like this - http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WNCE2001-Universal-Internet-Adapter/dp/B007CO5DZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1405732223&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=netgear+2001 on some applications</p>TeslaFan on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+TeslaFanurn:uuid:fc619663-51ad-bb4e-743c-bb9bcdf593c12014-07-18T11:42:56-06:00<p>That&rsquo;s it. It&rsquo;s over, Raspberry Pi B+ wins!</p>
<p>All the rest of the guys can just pack up their stuff and go home.</p>RobertC. on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+RobertC.urn:uuid:014c9aee-5ce3-0db1-1e1e-47334f2e574f2014-07-17T13:18:02-06:00<p>They&rsquo;re right <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12997" rel="nofollow" >here</a></p>PocketBrain on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+PocketBrainurn:uuid:aeff67c5-ce52-94ab-7954-11814a7e12242014-07-17T08:49:06-06:00<p>Oh yeah, I have a box with old PC parts in it; probably 8-10 of the old IDE cables. Thanks for pointing that out!</p>bentwookiee on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+bentwookieeurn:uuid:4a0986e3-2499-6a80-bfad-11990784d47c2014-07-17T08:24:06-06:00<p>Which also gives us tons of options for breakout boards. Searching eBay for 2x20 breakout gives several header to screw terminal options for under $20. Very cool!</p>Customer #60510 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #60510urn:uuid:c34e05a2-e010-c602-148e-4087cf9eb54c2014-07-16T14:21:52-06:00<p>Looking at the schematic diagram, I only see 26 GPIO pins listed on the header, not 27 as listed in the features. Also, there are pull-up resistors shown connected to the I2c pins, so should any break out boards that are connected have the pull-up resistors disabled?</p>Rick-S on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Rick-Surn:uuid:96200409-9453-f1c0-3580-ec50edd0beb82014-07-16T12:08:30-06:00<p>MCM has cases for them</p>lorenw on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+lorenwurn:uuid:4e79a900-4c4b-da34-d96c-79c5f23b0e052014-07-16T09:59:29-06:00<p>Or ship it LOL!!</p>sgrace on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+sgraceurn:uuid:2a4b6b27-aa35-9dd3-5782-d7dedf0320662014-07-16T09:46:38-06:00<p>I still wonder if the USB ports are low power to the point you still need external power to do anything.</p>Customer #574835 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #574835urn:uuid:c65a904d-427e-5360-429a-2566c1f454692014-07-16T07:18:48-06:00<p>I cant find any B+ cases here at Sparkfun :(</p>Jack Doan on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Jack Doanurn:uuid:0afd2f23-9401-f3e2-7c8c-08bb04b65f352014-07-15T12:47:57-06:00<p>The BBB is objectively better, but I had a pretty tough time getting Debian to boot and the whole device tree thing is a bit of a mystery to me still. Raspian is super easy to install and the python libraries out there make GPIO a breeze. Also there seems to be a much larger community around the Pi compared to the BBB.</p>Customer #394180 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #394180urn:uuid:4dfa89f0-83c8-5a5f-ae29-7ef889e14f2d2014-07-15T12:10:27-06:00<p>One thing the new GPIO connector is great for - You can use 40-pin IDE ribbon cables. Since these usually come with multiple connectors on one cable, you can connect up multiple RPIs and accessories on one &ldquo;backplane&rdquo;</p>
<p>These cables are dirt-cheap and available everywhere. If you ever upgraded an IDE hard drive you probably have some laying around ready to go.</p>brennen on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+brennenurn:uuid:94155ed6-30c0-a854-47a4-45d18b9be8c52014-07-15T10:47:39-06:00<p>We&rsquo;ll allow it.</p>dnear1 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+dnear1urn:uuid:c2ec5069-dbf9-1d7c-b6fc-9265979983862014-07-15T10:30:03-06:00<p>A quick and easy solution to how to plug a 26 pin (2x13) ribbon cable into the existing header without cutting anything is to get one of the beaglebone stackable connectors (PRT-12790) and cut the pins off that. Use that between the existing header and the ribbon cable. As far as which is better, BBB or RPi, it all depends on what you&rsquo;re doing. Lots of video stuff, RPi excels. Need lots of IO or precision timing to talk to devices, the BBB excels in that. Want a full schematic as well as gerber files? BBB IS OSHW, RPi is proprietary and closed-source. I agree that RPi should have a power input header instead of using micro USB. And it would be great to see an increase in processing power. In my experience, playing video back at 1080p30 was a bit choppy.</p>Customer #394180 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #394180urn:uuid:9b7da5c9-c0b5-2dfe-a0a9-ab4d8eed40002014-07-15T07:11:40-06:00<p>Courtesy of the shameless plug department.</p>Customer #394180 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #394180urn:uuid:bc023f9e-74e6-aa67-4aaf-79c4ea935e022014-07-15T07:10:17-06:00<p>This is great for PI hackers. They finally got rid of that stupid useless RCA jack and the need for a powered USB hub for meaningful accessories. Next they need to let us boot from FLASH instead of that annoying microSD card and put on a real power connector that can actually handle the current all those USB accessories and stacked expansion boards will be drawing.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s also heaven for RPI accessory makers. Every enclosure is now obsolete, most stacking cards and connectors don&rsquo;t fit anymore. Time to buy stock in Sparkfun and Adafruit.</p>Colecago on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Colecagourn:uuid:9480bf8e-ce04-d09e-2d25-25a1054844fe2014-07-15T07:00:01-06:00<p>I can&rsquo;t find much on the problem I remember hearing about and experiencing. I can find complaints about driver issues, so that was probably related to that, and I think that has been fixed.</p>Electroman! on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Electroman!urn:uuid:5a3f955b-26b0-c41a-c4d5-295fb5b8dded2014-07-14T22:52:46-06:00<p>All of you are funny, as far as side by side comparison of the BBB and the R-Pi B using the human eye&hellip; Both are very underwhelming. Neither seems better than the other, but the R-Pi rules the day with video processing and quallity. The BBB shouldn&rsquo;t even show it&rsquo;s face in that test. As far as using them like you should, sans GUI, they are both nice platforms for experimental research. In the R-Pi&rsquo;s favor there is much more support in terms of aftermarket addons and toys. If you uses these devices with a GUI dont expect much from either, but true Makers dont use GUI&rsquo;s. Final verdict is no difference worth any bragging rights except the R-Pi leaves the BBB behind likes it was leashed to a fence. As for the number of GPIO&rsquo;s, I have yet to need more, and when i do, I would tie in shift registers and arduinos with the Pi. Can anyone say I2C?</p>Rigby on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Rigbyurn:uuid:1165fc26-64e0-8190-5b5c-f74fabb801e22014-07-14T18:16:13-06:00<p>The Raspberry Pi foundation is going to be releasing one soon. That&rsquo;s all that is known. I don&rsquo;t think the size(s) has/have been released or anything, just that one or more is/are coming.</p>RJR on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+RJRurn:uuid:b104ce28-70b4-330c-29ca-38cfb97f38392014-07-14T17:53:11-06:00<p>Actually, he B+ uses the Microchip LAN9514 which has 4 USB ports while the B has the LAN9512. They exactly the same apart from the number of USB ports thought as far as I can see.</p>Rigby on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Rigbyurn:uuid:fc5a1885-a302-41cc-39f9-493f80270d962014-07-14T17:48:04-06:00<p><em>GASP</em> I thought you had to hold the button anyway.</p>
<p>NICE! Downloadering&hellip;</p>WhyNot? on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+WhyNot?urn:uuid:99e16d25-8e6c-1029-6d5a-bcbf2ff2f74e2014-07-14T17:43:11-06:00<p>Fyi: &ldquo;GPIO Header Pinout&rdquo; link takes your back to the product page,</p>RJR on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+RJRurn:uuid:8a054879-902b-d389-e485-ae4f491dde622014-07-14T17:39:44-06:00<p>I&rsquo;ll wait for the Raspberry Pi Master, or maybe even the Archimedes. I&rsquo;ll skip the Electron thought, unless they go on special at Aldi.</p>RJR on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+RJRurn:uuid:a634880d-3b39-f81c-2d20-5dad336682a82014-07-14T17:38:38-06:00<p>No, exactly the same chipset.</p>Colecago on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Colecagourn:uuid:ae51b86f-8c2d-c344-31bc-bad0d7efc2962014-07-14T15:36:37-06:00<p>Is this a different USB/Ethernet chipset? It&rsquo;s been a long time since I&rsquo;ve used the Pi, but wasn&rsquo;t the original chipset pretty crappy and ate up a lot of processor time because the processor was constantly polling it for new data? Or did they fix that on the old Pi?</p>
<p>Honestly, I still like the BBB better, faster processor for most things, more RAM, and the PRUs (which I&rsquo;ve never used yet)</p>docwelch on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+docwelchurn:uuid:c05c585b-b769-8af9-1440-e775cc9fa83e2014-07-14T14:14:11-06:00<p>You can boot the BBB from a micro-SD without holding the button - just use one of the distributions built for that purpose: <a href="http://beagleboard.org/latest-images/" rel="nofollow" >Latest Debian Distribution</a>. Use the first one listed under the heading &ldquo;BeagleBone (Runs on BeagleBone Black as well without flashing the eMMC). &rdquo;</p>
<p>I have this distribution on a 32GB card. Robert Nelson has also provided a script to allow you to easily use the remainder of your card for data storage: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beagleboard/VRqGZbXBK1Q%5B1-25-false%5D" rel="nofollow" >Partition Expand Script</a>- see the last couple of lines in the 17th post.</p>JGuthridge on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+JGuthridgeurn:uuid:0813e765-39f5-95a4-8503-658a467403da2014-07-14T13:52:19-06:00<p>Anyone ever come out with a display that uses the built in connector?</p>nsayer on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+nsayerurn:uuid:eed1a83f-9db0-cee2-e501-a836f0b6578a2014-07-14T12:53:57-06:00<p>For those trying to work out how to connect a 26 pin IDC (ribbon) cable to the new 40 pin GPIO connector, one excellent workaround is my Pi Power board. It&rsquo;s a 2A power supply (takes 6-15 VDC on a 2.1mm barrel connector) and has a 26 pin stacking header. This is ideal if you want to plug in a 26 pin GPIO cable without snipping off pins 27 and 28.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s available in the Raspberry Pi market on Tindie.</p>M-Short on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+M-Shorturn:uuid:becf4246-4ff7-c7e2-faa1-949d731820182014-07-14T12:23:12-06:00<p>It wasn&rsquo;t actually released until today. Unfortunately we could not post it before the Raspberry Pi foundation announced it today.</p>Customer #15796 on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Customer #15796urn:uuid:f9a03971-b60a-9ce5-0b1c-50191086ce152014-07-14T12:16:39-06:00<p>I&rsquo;m curious, what do you like better about the pi? The raspbian distro vs Angstrom? The BeagleBone Black is faster, has more memory, and even still more GPIO than the Pi.</p>JordenLuke on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+JordenLukeurn:uuid:d4d295d6-b748-1470-4ad7-c753e9043d432014-07-14T12:04:55-06:00<p>Why wasn&rsquo;t this featured in a new product friday or did i miss it?</p>Rigby on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Rigbyurn:uuid:66b75c86-7bb2-7c17-44d7-eea4a386cc272014-07-14T11:57:01-06:00<p>Given that they both run Linux I&rsquo;m not sure what you mean by &ldquo;user-friendly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>I DO wish I could always boot from Micro-SD on the BBB, though, without holding a button at bootup.</p>
<p>The Cloud9 IDE hosted by the BBB and the USB network port on the BBB make it MUCH more user friendly than the RPi, in my eyes.</p>
<p>Thank you, docwelch for the clarification.</p>Rigby on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Rigbyurn:uuid:9892909a-9b7a-3957-fb2c-175992de28182014-07-14T11:55:24-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to see a little more horsepower given that its been two years since the first model B, and the extra USB and moving to microSD are freaking brilliant moves.</p>Jack Doan on DEV-12994 - Raspberry Pi - Model B+Jack Doanurn:uuid:0a16c7a5-5b80-b35d-d575-50ad8563c2862014-07-14T09:48:20-06:00<p>I&rsquo;m excited to see a new sensible layout and the extra GPIO! In my experience, the raspberry pi is much more user-friendly than the beaglebone black.</p>